FESTIVALS IN GHANA

Festivals are

• daily events

• days or periods of celebration, typically for religious reasons.

• only celebrated by adults.

Which of the following are two good reasons for celebrating festivals in Ghana?

• To remember how the citizens migrated to their present settlement.

• To make new friends.

• To commemorate the farming season.

• To sing and dance.

Odwira is celebrated by

• The Gas and Fantes

• The Ashantis and Ewes

• The Bonos

• The Akuapems and Akyems

The name 'Odwira' means

• sweeping

• cleansing or purification

• weeding

• yam festival

Before the festival begins, there is a ban on noise-making. This period lasts for -------- days.

• 10 days

• 7 days

• 40 days

• 100 days

The Odwira festival is celebrated for _____________

• one day

• one week

• one month

• one year

The first day of the festival is usually on

• Monday

• Wednesday

• Friday

• Sunday

On which day do the people eat the new yam?

• The first day of the festival

• The last day of the festival

• The third day of the festival

• The fourth day of the festival

What happens in the community on the third day?

• There is a ban on drumming and dancing.

• They clear the path to welcome the ancestors.

• There is a durbar at the chief's palace.

• They people wear mourning clothes to remember those who died the previous year.

The ban on noise-making and the eating of new yam is lifted on:

• Monday

• Tuesday

• Wednesday

• Thursday